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| author | Richard M. Stallman | 2002-04-22 07:52:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman | 2002-04-22 07:52:50 +0000 |
| commit | 17d4b8cea3907ebd67b7575c8ccb58ef8f0c1d4e (patch) | |
| tree | 07850f3e148ba2cb7cbd1039b9efe49a12730d8f /lispref | |
| parent | 73e19344cec9b74c1f59e5fa44902804b397221a (diff) | |
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Clarify which letters in C-c LETTER are reserved for users.
Diffstat (limited to 'lispref')
| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/tips.texi | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/tips.texi b/lispref/tips.texi index 2aead6be817..4eb0e3f7005 100644 --- a/lispref/tips.texi +++ b/lispref/tips.texi | |||
| @@ -129,16 +129,17 @@ name that ends in @samp{-flag}. | |||
| 129 | @cindex reserved keys | 129 | @cindex reserved keys |
| 130 | @cindex keys, reserved | 130 | @cindex keys, reserved |
| 131 | Please do not define @kbd{C-c @var{letter}} as a key in your major | 131 | Please do not define @kbd{C-c @var{letter}} as a key in your major |
| 132 | modes. These sequences are reserved for users; they are the | 132 | modes. Sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} and a letter (either upper |
| 133 | @strong{only} sequences reserved for users, so do not block them. | 133 | or lower case) are reserved for users; they are the @strong{only} |
| 134 | sequences reserved for users, so do not block them. | ||
| 134 | 135 | ||
| 135 | Instead, define sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by a control | 136 | Changing all the Emacs major modes to respect this convention was a |
| 136 | character, a digit, or certain punctuation characters. These sequences | 137 | lot of work; abandoning this convention would make that work go to |
| 137 | are reserved for major modes. | 138 | waste, and inconvenience users. Please comply with it. |
| 138 | 139 | ||
| 139 | Changing all the Emacs major modes to follow this convention was a lot | 140 | @item |
| 140 | of work. Abandoning this convention would make that work go to waste, | 141 | Sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by a control character or a |
| 141 | and inconvenience users. | 142 | digit are reserved for major modes. |
| 142 | 143 | ||
| 143 | @item | 144 | @item |
| 144 | Sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by @kbd{@{}, @kbd{@}}, | 145 | Sequences consisting of @kbd{C-c} followed by @kbd{@{}, @kbd{@}}, |